Carrying-truck



J. ENGELBRECHT.

CARRYING TRUCK.

APPLICATIONYFILED MAR. 5. 1919.

Patented July 119%.,

INVENTOR Ell till

l ll PATENT 1:.

JULIUS ENG-ELBREOHT,

F BOONE, COLORADO.

CARRYING-TRUCK.

mas er.

Application filed March 5,

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, JULiUs Ensnnnnncrrr, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at lioone, in the county of Pueblo and State ofColorado, have invented a new and useful larrying-Truclr, of which thefollowing is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to pro vide a novel means whereby aditcher or like implement may be raised or lowered, either to facilitatetransportation or to. vary the depth to which the plow portion of theditcher penetrates the soil.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 discloses in side elevation, a device whereinthe inven tion has been embodied, parts being broken away; and Fig. 2 isa top plan of the device depicted in Fig. 1, parts being broken away.

The ditcher or plow wherewith the truck hereinafter described is used,may be variously constructed. It may comprise a point 1 embodying astandard 50 secured in the angle defined by diverging mold boards 2prolonged to form an arm 3 terminating in a bearing 1. A beam like shoe13 is at tached by braces 14 to the mold boards 2. ll. drum 15 isjournaled on the shoe 13 and is controlled by any suitable means shownat 25.

The invention includes a truck, embodying anupright post 5, whereon thebearing a of the arm 3 is vertically slidable. The post 5 carries anaxle 26 provided with ground wheels 18. Converging braces 8 and 9 extendfrom the post 5 and merge into a head 27. The braces 8 and 9 and thehead Q7 may be alluded to as a forwardly presented frame carried by thepost 5. A hanger 10 is mounted on the head 27 and serves as a guide andsupport for a draft element 11, which may be in the form of a chainhaving its rear end attached at 12 to the plow.

A bracket 17 is mounted on the upper end of the post 5 and carries apulley 7. A

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1930. 1919. Serial No. 2803358.

bracket 28 is attached to the arm 3 near to the post 5 and supports apulley 6. Que end of a flexible element 1.6 is attached at 29 to thebracket 17, the flexible element being formed into a loop 30 receivingthe pulley 6, and being extended across the pulley 7. From the pulley 7,the flexible element 16 extends downwardly and rearwardly and isconnected with the winding device or drum 15.

It will be obvious that when the drum is actuated by the means 25, theflexible element 16 will be wound upon the drum, the loop will beshortened, and the plow will be elevated, the bearing 4: sliding on thepost 5 of the truck. The operation described adjusts the penetration ofthe plow point 1 into the soil, and permits the point to be raised wellabove the soil for transportation.

I claim 1. In a device of the class described, a truck embodying a post;a plow having an arm slidable vertically upon the post; an idler on thepost; an idler on the arm; a winding device on the plow; and a flexibleelement formed into a depending loop re ceiving the idler on the arm,the flexible element being trained across the idler on the post, one endof the flexible element being fixed with respect to the post, the otherend of the flexible element being assembled with the winding device.

2. A structure of the class described, constructed as set forth in claim1, and further characterized by the provision of a forwardly presentedframe carried by the post; a guide on the frame; and a draft elementextended through the guide and connected at its rear end to the plow.

JULIUS ENGELBREGHT.

Witnesses:

C. L. Pan'ron, CHAS G. Enorncron.

